Laser enamel preparation (with or without acid-etching) vs Acid-etching (phosphoric acid): Adverse events
No adverse events were reported in any included study (ungraded, narrative).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Laser enamel preparation (with or without acid-etching) vs Acid-etching (phosphoric acid) Adverse events · Caries-free children to young adults with premolars/molars requiring pit-and-fissure sealants · Clinical (in vivo pit-and-fissure sealant placement) No adverse events were reported in any included study (ungraded, narrative). The clinical effects of laser preparation of tooth surfaces for fissure sealants placement: a systematic… (2019) All outcomes | No adverse events (pulpal sensation, post-lasing thermal sensitivity, pulpitis, or other laser-induced pathology) were reported in any of the included studies. | 5 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The clinical effects of laser preparation of tooth surfaces for fissure sealants placement: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes | January 2019 | 5 | Critically Low / Critically Low |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.